How is it that there are only three weeks until the summer solstice? Three more weeks of the amount of daylight increasing in the Northern Hemisphere, and then, if you want more sun time, head to the Southern half of the globe. If you think presidential administrations or Federal Reserves eliminate business cycles, they don’t. If your business model is based on lower rates, don’t look at this graph from the Federal Reserve. If you want some insight into builder business and builder associations, today’s “Rundown” has Christy Beck, Corporate Director of Sales and Marketing for Caruso Homes and the current President of the Raleigh-Wake County Home Builders Association (which is one of the largest HBAs in the country). If you think everything that you do is private, sorry. I’m not sure why every outfit needs to keep so much info about us. When we want to buy a ticket we should be able to buy it without our info being kept, because then it can become part of a Ticketmaster data breach and sold to bad people. (Found here, this week’s podcasts are sponsored by American Financial Resources, the mortgage lender that’s shaking things up by streamlining processes, bringing on the best humans in the business, and putting the customer experience front and center. Hear an interview with Tim Braheem on both how originators can cultivate relationships with agents in today’s market and also diversify their referral sources, so they are not so reliant solely on realtors.) Software, Products, and Services for Lenders and Brokers